76th Precinct

Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red Hook

Transmission fluid

A burglar cleaned out a car wash on Hamilton Avenue sometime overnight on Dec. 1, according to a police report.

An employee of the business between Centre and Mill streets told cops he had locked up for the night at 6 pm. When he returned the next day at 8 am, $1,800 in cash was missing from the register, officers stated.

The prowler may have entered the business through a hole in the wall that allowed access from an abandoned building next door, employees said.

Hungry-man special

An intruder busted into a Columbia Street restaurant through the window on Dec. 1, NYPD officials said.

A witness was passing the eatery between Kane and Degraw streets at 6:15 am when he heard shattering glass and hammering sounds, and noticed a brick lying near the restaurant, according to cops. He then saw a heavyset man climb out of a broken window of the restaurant, jog away, and make his getaway on a nearby B61 bus headed toward Downtown, a report states.

The owners of the restaurant are working to figure out if the trespasser swiped anything, officers related.

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